In Memory, Our Baby Girl Harper

With a heavy heart, we wanted to share that due to unfortunate complications we lost our baby girl this past weekend. I was able to successfully deliver Harper Janette Tabata on May 4, 2019 at 10:35pm. We found the courage and strength to hold her, name her and spend the time we were meant to spend with her, which will be a memory we will never forget. While our hearts are heavy with the loss we are experiencing we have been able to embrace the journey we are on and know that while the present has a lot of sadness the future will be a celebration. We have felt every emotion imaginable and through the sadness we have been able to find a lot of laughter. Kiptyn & Kallie keeps us on our toes and without even knowing, has been the best medicine we could ask for. While this is a very private journey for us we have made the decision to share in a public platform for a lot of reasons but two very important ones. First, we want to fully embrace and acknowledge this part of our journey, that while out of our control, a decision was made for us and is now a part of our life story. Second, we want to honor our baby girl Harper and create a memory that will live on as a part of our lives forever. We are creating the space to mourn and grieve the loss we are feeling while also celebrating the memory of her and what could have been. We are strong and weak all at the same time but we will be okay. Sometimes decisions are made that we will never fully understand, but what we do know is this, Harper has impacted our lives in ways we never knew possible. We fell in love with our little girl the moment we learned we were pregnant and fell deeper in love when we heard her heartbeat and saw her bouncing around my tummy the first time. Harper Janette Tabata, mama and dada love you with all of our hearts. I carried you every second of your life and we will love you every second of ours ❤️